
This Book Recasts How We Understand International Relations Through An Examination Of How The Human Evolutionary Predisposition To Be Ultrasocial As A Species Impacts Which Political Ideas Succeed, Transform, Manipulate, And Inspire On A Global Scale. At A Time When Pessimism About Our Current World Order Is At An All-time High, This Book Overturns Widespread Assumptions That International Relations Is Mainly About Conflict, Power, And National Self-interest. Especially In The Last 20 Years, Scientists Have Uncovered New Evidence That As A Species, We Are Biologically Hard-wired, Soft-wired, And Pre-wired To Be Other-regarding And Cooperative. Humans Are An Ultrasocial Species, And Yet This Predisposition Is Completely Ignored In Governments Across The World. Political Leaders, Experts, And The Media Have Cultivated A Myopic Vision Of Global Conflict, Feeding An Obsession On Crises Of The Moment, Rather Than Recognizing Frequent And Significant Breakthroughs In Peaceful Cooperation And Overall Trends In The Decline Of Violence. This Book Shows How Time And Time Again Our Ultrasocial Predisposition Has Pushed Us Towards Big Ideas That Inspire And Bring Us Together Around The Power Of Possibility. Featuring Original Research On International Cooperation In Outer-space Exploration, European Union Integration, Nuclear Weapons, And Climate Change, Among Other Examples, Mai'a K. Davis Cross Shows Ultrasociality At Work In A Range Of Contexts-- Provided By Publisher.
This book investigates how the human evolutionary predisposition toward ultrasociality challenges the prevailing assumption that international relations are defined solely by conflict and national self-interest. Mai'a K. Davis Cross, a scholar of international relations, synthesizes recent scientific findings regarding human biology and social behavior to argue that our species is fundamentally hard-wired for cooperation. By contrasting this biological reality with the myopic focus of current political discourse, the author presents a framework for understanding global progress that prioritizes collective action over power-based competition.
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Scholars and readers note that this work provides a necessary counter-narrative to traditional realist theories in international relations. Experts highlight the book as a significant contribution to interdisciplinary studies, bridging the gap between evolutionary biology and political science.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
2023-01-01
Publisher:
New York : Oxford Universtity Press,
ISBN-10:
019197627X
ISBN-13:
9780191976278
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